Also known as CLB
Where: Ica, Peru (14.6° S, 75.7° W: paleocoordinates 14.9° S, 73.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pisco Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• CLB horizon, near Ica, Peru.
•Ar/Ar dates from the section range from 9.2 - 6.85My, indicating a Late Miocene age (Brand et al. 2011)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; diatomaceous siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• Natural History Museum of Lima, Peru (Studied in Pimiento and Balk)
Primary reference: C. Muizon. 1988. Les vertebres fossiles de la Formation Pisco (Perou). Troisieme partie: Les Odontocetes (Cetacea, Mammalia) du Miocene. Editions Recherche sur les Civilisations (78)1-244 [M. Uhen/N. Pyenson/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45487: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Nick Pyenson on 25.10.2004, edited by Mark Uhen and Catalina Pimiento
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Chelonidae indet." = Cheloniidae8
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Belonodelphis peruanus n. gen. n. sp. Muizon 1988 toothed whale | |
Brachydelphis mazeasi Muizon 1988 toothed whale | |
Atocetus iquensis n. gen. n. sp. Muizon 1988 toothed whale | |
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"Procarcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon8
"Procarcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon8 Agassiz 1835 megalodon Also studied in Pimiento and Balk
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"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis7
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